song of buried memories

do you remember the long dark days
when we tortured you in various ways
it was a very popular paperback
all about different people being put on the rack
montague summers wrote a book about you
you forgot everything until you read it too
the devil came down from the top of the landfill
he sang a sad song and you're hearing it still
under the tires and the rocks and the bags
where memories buried keep flapping like flags